N.F.L.

The Lakers Beat the Heat in Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals

LeBron James is not accustomed to Game 1s like these. James’s teams lost the series opener in eight of his previous nine trips to the N.B.A. finals, but Wednesday night’s start to the 2020 finals against the Miami Heat went as well as James and the Los Angeles Lakers could have

N.F.L.

2020 Oct, 01

Timeline: A Year That Changed the N.B.A.

In any other year, N.B.A. teams would be gearing up for a new season right now. A champion would have been crowned in June. Free agents would have signed big deals in July. Everyone would have gone on vacation in August. But this year, the N.B.A. is still trying to complete

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 30

Jackson-Mahomes III: ‘The Whole World Is Watching’

Elway-Montana. Aikman-Favre. Brady-Manning. Seemingly every generation of the N.F.L. is defined by classic matchups between the league’s best quarterbacks. Their teams are often in contention for championships, but their styles of play are also indicative of the strategies in vogue at the time, from gunslinging pocket passers to game managers in

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 28

Steven Stamkos Is Out for the Rest of the Stanley Cup

Tampa Bay will be without Steven Stamkos, its captain and top center, for the remainder of the Stanley Cup finals, Lightning Coach Jon Cooper said Sunday. “Hopefully the next time we see him on the ice is for a trophy presentation,” said Cooper, whose team leads the Dallas Stars three games

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 27

This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization

Last year was a big one for the poet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams. His version of the Chekhov play “Three Sisters,” which he set in Nigeria during the Biafran war, opened at the National Theater in London. So did another one of his plays, “Barber Shop Chronicles,” which went on

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 26

Miro Heiskanen Is Dallas’s Do-Everything Defenseman

Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen may be understated, but his play speaks for him with all the force, dynamism and range of a concert choir. During these playoffs, he has some of the most prominent voices in hockey singing his praises. Heiskanen, a 21-year-old Finn, is in his second N.H.L. season and

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 26